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NEW HAMPSHIRE IN FRONT Beats Shuffle Along by a Head in Cloverdale Handicap. Jockey J. Maiben Hides Three Winners Rain of Monday Night Converts Track to Sea of Mud. LAUREL, Md., Oct. 28. Showing more speed than usual and running in front from the start, New Hampshire avoided the interference that ruined his chances in his last start and won the Cloverdale Handicap this afternoon and triumphed by a head over Shuffle Along. The latter gave the other four-year-old eleven pounds. Red Wingfield finished third, a length and a half behind the first two and a length in front of Heeltaps. The race was at three-quarters and they ran it in 1:13, fast time for the Laurel mud. Shuffle Along followed New Hampshire closest from the start and was gaining slowly at the end. Red Wingfield was outrun, but saved ground straightening out and finished fast next to the rail for the third portion of the purse. Osprey, one of the fancied ones, apparently did not like the going and finished last Other than a fast track was provided the Laurel contestants for the first time at the meeting. Rain, which began falling lightly before the seventh race Monday, continued practically through the night and converted the fast going into mud. The clouds seemed to be breaking at odd times today, and it is believed that pleasant weather is again in store. J. Maiben rode his third winner today, thereby earning 100 per cent for the day. He piloted Triumph in completing the triple score. He went to the front with the colt earlier in the race than is his usual custom, but did so with a good hold of his mount and rated him judiciously in expectation of a stretch challenge. South Breeze headed Triumph around the first turn because of post position advantage, but Maiben took his mount on top in the backstretch. Belphrizonia followed him in the move and continued to follow him down the back-stretch around the turn and down the straightaway. Straightened out, Parke pulled his whip and went to work on the Swenke filly, but Maiben had saved too much and won by two and a half lengths. Soggarth Aroon was third. Maiben now has ridden twelve winners at the meeting and is second on the list to Parke with his nineteen. The Raritan Stable auspiciously started. its career in the steeplechase, Rip running through the field for . the fir.st time. The Raritan Stable is owned by Kenneth B. Schley, Reeve Schley and James C. Brady. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth B. Schley came from New York today with C. J. FitzGerald to see their colors launched. J. T. Kermath is the trainer for the stable. He sent a clean jumper and a fit horse out to carry the silks in their Continued on sixteenth page. , c r 5 - - y 1, y NEW HAMPSHIRE IN FRONT Continued from first page. debut. W. Hunt, who has been nursing a badly bruised leg, as the result of a recent fall, tossed aside crutches to ride Rip and did the job well. He rated him behind Draft and Freddenrock went to the front when ready with half a mile remaining to be run and won by fifteen lengths. Draft outlasted Fredden Rock for second place. The opening race fell to P. B. Codds Rose Cloud. Displaying the mud ability of the get of Wrack, the two-year-old filly raced over Trapdale on the turn and completed the three-quarters a length and a half in front of Mensis, although bearing out at the end. Great Moments was third. Wild Goose won for S. Louis in the third. He beat Clem Theisen, Hidden Jewel and seven others over the three-quarters course. Pierce rode the winning son of Ed Crump. He was close up at all times, took the lead straightening out and held Clem Theisen safe through the stretch, beating him by a length and a quarter. The latter was the same dis-y tance in front of Hidden Jewel at the end. In a five and a half furlong dash for two-year-olds, the W. J. Salmon fillies, Primrose and Chrysalis, finished first and third, re-1, spectively. Almadel was between them at the end. Maiben rode Primrose. Pierce had the leg on her stablemate. Primrose outran her field but was taken back off the pace. Chry-. salis cut out the running. On the turn Al-- madel and Primrose came around the leader, Primrose being on the extreme outside. Al-e madel disposed of the pacemaker inside the eighth post and held on gamely under hard riding, but was beaten by a head. Primrose came fast on the outside under punishment and began to draw away right at the end. Hickory, Old Faithful and The Reaper finished in the order named in the final race. Cordelier made the pace, with The Reaper closest to the half, where Hickory slipped inside both of them and took the beginning of a four length lead. L. Lang donned the jacket of the Hamilton Stable o ride the winner.
